SmartGit authentication to bare repository fails, while push from commandline works

Question

I've added a remote bare repository using commandline:

git add remote production ssh://username@domain.com/path/to/repo.git

I'm able to push to the repository using:

git push production master

Now I'd like to push from SmartGit:

1. I right click my local master-branch and choose Push To ... .
2. In the window I select the production repository and click Push .
3. A dialog is shown asking me for private SSH key and passphrase. I point to the private key and type the passphrase then click Login .
4. The dialog is shown again and I click Login once again.

5. SmartGit display an error in the Output-window:

    Push: Could not read from remote repository. /var/www/website> git push --porcelain --progress --recurse-submodules-check production refs/heads/master Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. Could not read from remote repository. 

I've checked that I have the correct access rights and that the repository exists. Also private key has only read/write permissions for the onwer ( chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa ).

What am I missing?

Answer 1

1. Enable Use system SSH client in the Preferences , section Authentication
2. Install ssh-askpass: sudo apt-get install ssh-askpass
3. Then push again ...